A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING A VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFFS VEHICLE IN LOS LUNAS WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE MAN WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTH VALLEY WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY NEAR ISLETA AND RIO BRAVO AFTER A SPIKE BELT WAS DEPLOYED.
AUTHORITIES SAY IT ALL BEGAN WHEN THE MAN, IDENTIFIED AS 34 YEAR OLD SALVADOR PEREZ, HAD A CONFRONTATION WITH DEPUTIES AT AN ALLSUP’S NEAR HIGHWAY 314 IN LOS LUNAS.
